I don't usually paint my figures (as I've said before, I view Memoir as a board game). But I haven't been able to resist lately. I just couldn't look at those off-white half-tracks, 88 flak guns, M-7 Hmc Priests, and especially Italian artillery anymore. I painted the three Tigers, three 88mm flak guns, three half-tracks, and two command cars dark grey. I painted three priests, and three jeeps OD green. And now I came to the Italian artillery. I looked up online what colors to use and used what I had (old paints, old brush). This is what I came up with for the artillery:

(sorry about the poor image quality, phone camera)
Tell me what you think.

I always wash my figures before painting so that the oil from the figures moulds doesn't keep the paint from adhering. I prime with spray and then hand paint the figure. I finish with several coats of matte varnish to seal. My figures look fine and have held up to a lot of play.